Dirigible headlight construction for motor vehicles



L. A. CASEY .Hume 1o 1924. 1,497,355-

DIRIGIBLE HADLIGHT CONSTRUCTION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed sept. 19, 1923 2 sneenb-shee1'2 lewis@ (Z665.

(Patented June 10, 1924.

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410Lisi;myepunpose;,to providea headlightffeon f fi-.stru'ction fr'or l motor y vehicles Zand particu- Jla1rly=y those' of. the fs Ford Jtype AAvhere in 1 i the f linsaleheadlights 01h the vehicle` jngray floefsO 1the ste'erng' mechanism yof?theymotor `vehicle was 'cto ginovev simultaneously y therewith for mppummn. measeptembergie, 1923.7, serial No: 653,547.

guide that is employedlornthe purposes-of guiding and, Supportega red elemeutdmt" l includes: a part ,of niyj invention,

v ,Figure' is ,a sldelelevational'vietv'foijone ,of the connecting f arms' between one .1 'ofY the i headlight. fpe'sts; and #a @erecting member ,t if that isi operatively eontrllefdfJoy' thein'o'vel )ingentel of. the: `usual "steering EgearL eonnecting Arod of the vehielevstejering inechfanism, and

if headlight` construction `for 4more .adequately 'disclosing' the vspecific connection between Vthe fstee'ririggrgear connecting'rodland fthe steering 4vpost ofithefsteelnghm'ech ism.'

LN ,W having.jparticular,reerence'to the idirectingthe light 'raysifronrfthep-vehicle; in QdraWingS," there.' isf ffggmengaply Shown iff lthe'p'ath otravel of fthe 'vehicleat alli/times @so as sto f enable. the? operator to-- seei fthe road y' While 1 making eturns.

The primary obj ect' of' f my invention is Jtofsubstantially Iimprove yand simpliii'yqldevices of this general nature, niyilnproved 'Alreadlight constr-uction;v heingfrelatively-` sini-A L ple-l fof Iconstructiom: eiiicient in j pperation, uand.` "one'f that Imay :'-befliassooiated -gwith :the -Fo-1: d type fof vehicle in .a f novel; -simplefand i@expeditiouslmanner. Y v e *With the above and other-objects in: view, solasthe natureioffthe invention; `iss-loetter;pun-

vcilerstod, thewsamey comprises 'thegnovel lforlrn,combinationand arrangement egt-parts '-fsetA forthiinythe following:detailed speili- 1-1 ti'on,shovvn:,1in` the accompanying draws51-I ings l'and claimed. I f

` gilnulthe .l drawings wherein like Yreference H-characters vindicate lfoorresponding (parts throughout the;` several;y views,

Figure lflis ai'fragmentary/ top; plana-view 40 oilthe front end of afFord'automobile,cer-

tainfp'arts removedfshowing Iny improved t headlight construction.associated therewith,

Figure'2isI-Yaflfront elevational-view of i the f1 vehiele, certain parts rremoved,1--shovvn lfas-ber1g equppedfwth my novell headlight construction, t ifFi'gure''fSisa` t `iisversefdetailcross section@takensulistantially upon the line 3 3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical cross section taken through a portion of my headlight construction for more adequately disclosing the specitic'mounting of the vehicle headlight,

Figure 5 is a perspective vieW of a rod Spindle connecting rod 'f1-0, steering L gear v Kfeonnectirngrod 11, steering i post 1:12,;and

-`lvments ,j ust" described c are, not; .Of the; essence w-ofimyK-invention, as, thesamefare all 2 upontthe EOM typ@ .eutomlley hemg .fhovveverlnecessa fol".J a .moread'equatejdisclosure of'm'y) invention tof'shovf{theffsanie iingthendraW/ings. n y 1'- registration. with thel before; mentioned 'opgen ings -15 @in ithehiender braces 13 vvhereby "the fsame be boltedftheretor.throughthe medin-inlof -boltandnutj vconne ction's` '22.

:The4r front end- .of each rod 119 is; formed l-Wi'th1 a collar 23 A 7through .,'vvhich isf eX# vtended'the heforementioned reduc'edllscrewthreaded end of the respective headlight post 17 the rear end of the reduced portion -of this post extending beneath said collar and being threaded Within the. internally screw-threaded socketed end 24 of the vertical portion 25.01? a rearwardly extending arm 26, the opposite end of each of these detailed structural elements.

arms being attened and formed with an opening 27 through which is extended the downwardly bent end 28 of a rearwardly and inwardly extending rod 29. 'Ihe downwardly bent end 28 of each of said rearwardly and inwardly extending arms 29 is maintained within the opening 27 vof the respective connecting arm 26 through the medium of a cotter pin or other suitable means 30, Figure 3. j i

Slidably arranged within an opening 31 adjacent the lower end of a bracket plate 32 the upper end thereof being inturned at 33 and being bolted or otherwise suitably secured at v32 to the right hand chassis frame bar 5 is a relatively elongated bar 34 which is formed at its opposite end with a socketed head 35v within which is arrangedthe spherical head 36 upon the forwardly eX- tending end 37 of a connecting arm 38, Figure 7. The opposite end of this connectingr arm 38 is enlarged and is formed with a semi-circular socket for co-operating withA a semi-circular socket upon the enlarged end 39 of the before mentioned steering gear connecting rod l1. The adjacent ends of said steering gear connecting rod 1l and said arm 38 are formed withk mating'flanges 11 and 38 respectively, that are bolted together as clearly shown in said Figure 7 for maintaining in position between said ele.- ments the headed ends 4f() of the usual steering arm'fll upon the lower end of said steering post 12.

The inner ends of the before mentioned rod 29 are also downturned at 42 for engagement within spaced openings of the before mentioned sliding rod 34:, these downturned ends being also maintained vwithin said openings through the medium of cotter pins', Figure 3.

In view of the above description, it will be obvious that .as the steering #gear connecting rod 11 moves in opposite directions the rod 34 will also move in a similar direction for thereby actuating the rods 29-29, for rotating the headlight posts 17 within Vthe collars 23 upon the front ends of said flat-like rod 19 and thereby directing the light rays from these headlights in the path of travel of the vehicle at all times.

I have herein shown and described that this improved dirigible headlight construction for motor vehicles consists of certain It is however nevertheless to be understood that departures may be made from the specific structure as shown vwithout affecting the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l.' In a dirigible headlight construction for vehicles, a pair of headlights supported for rotation at opposite sides of the vehicle radiator and relatively forwardly thereof, a rod, slidablewithin a bracket carried by one of the chassis bars of the vehicle, connections between the headlight posts and said rod, and means for operatively connecting said rod to the usual steering gear connecting rod of the vehicle.

2. In a dirigible headlight construction `for motor vehicles, a pair of flat-like rods upon opposite sides of the vehicle radiator connected at their rear ends to the chassis bars of the vehicle and adjacent their forward ends to the usual fender bracesof said vehicle, collars formed yupon the front ends of said rods for receiving the usual posts of the vehicle headlights, a rodslidable at one end through an opening formed in a bracket plate carried by one of said chassis bars, means for operatively connecting said headlight posts to said sliding rod, and an operative connection between said sliding rod and the usual steering gear connecting rod of the vehicle steering mechanism.

3. In a dirigibe headlight construction for motor vehicles, a pair of flat-like rods upon opposite sides of the vehicle radiator connected at their rear ends to the chassis bars of the vehicle and adjacent their for- Yward ends to the usual fender braces of said vehicle, collars formed u on the front ends of said rods for receiving the usual posts of the vehicle headlights, a rod slid-v able at one end through an opening formed in a bracket plate carried by one of said chassis bars, means for operatively connect-y 

